INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN 

KITTITAS COUNTY AND CHELAN COUNTY 

This agreement is entered into between the Kittitas County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) and Chelan 

County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act, chapter 39.34 RCW. 

I. PURPOSE 

The purpose of this agreement is to provide for Mutual Aid Law Enforcement assistance 

pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 10.93 RCW in the Colockum Pass Area. Both parties 

acknowledge that those residences on the north side of Colockum Pass but south of the Chelan 

County line and thus still within Kittitas County require a significantly long response time due to 

the geographical barriers between that area and KCSO personnel. This response time is 

inconsistent with the needs of those residents. CCSO is capable of, and willing to, respond to 

calls for service in that area. 

II. SERVICES 

911 calls from those residences will ring into the Chelan County Communications Center and 

shall be dispatched to CCSO. CCSO will respond to calls for service at those residences in the 

same manner as those within their primary jurisdiction. CCSO will notify the on-duty supervisor 

of KCSO, as soon as practical, of the nature and status of the call and any other relevant 

information as required by RCW 10.93 .030. 

Supervisors or other designated personnel from the two agencies shall agree to the response, 

level of investigation, and other resources to be provided to this area by each agency for each 

incident. The parties agree that the primary goal of such responses is the preservation of life, 

order, and property consistent with the practices and resources ofthe parties. CCSO shall not be 

expected to devote substantial time or resources to serious or protracted investigations. It is 

understood and agreed by the parties that evolving facts and circumstances pertaining to any 

given call for service or assistance may require changing the nature of the agreed response and 

resources allocated. 

CCSO will provide to KCSO, in such form and manner as is acceptable to KCSO, all 

information necessary to conduct further investigation, refer for prosecution, and related 

activities subsequent to the initial response. 

IV. ADMINISTRATION 

This agreement will be administered by KCSO. 

V. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR 

The services provided under this agreement are those of an independent contractor. Employees 

ofKCSO are and will remain employees of KCSO. Employees ofCCSO are and will remain 

employees of CCSO. 

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VI. INDEMNIFICATION 

Each party shall defend, protect, and hold hannless the other party from and against all claims, 

suits and/or other actions arising from any negligent or intentional act or omission of that party's 

employees, agents and/or authorized subcontractor(s) while perfonning this agreement as 

provided by RCW 10.93 .040. 

VII. AMENDMENT 

The parties may mutually amend this Agreement. Such amendments shall not be binding unless 

they are in writing and signed by personnel authorized to bind the parties. 

VIII. CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE 

This agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of Washington, both as to interpretation 

and perfonnance. Any action at law, suit in equity or other judicial proceeding for the 

enforcement of this agreement may be instituted only in Superior Court and venue shall be as 

provided by RCW 36.01.050. 

IX. INTEGRATION CLAUSE 

This instrument embodies the whole agreement of the parties. There are no promises, terms, 

conditions or obligations other than those contained in this agreement. This agreement 

supersedes all previous communications, representations or agreements, either oral or written, 

between parties. 

X. TERMINATION CLAUSE 

Either party may terminate this agreement by giving the other party at least thirty (30) days 

advance written notice. If this Agreement is so terminated, the tenninating party shall be liable 

only for performance in accordance with the terms of this Agreement for performance rendered 

prior to the effective date of termination. 

XI. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT 

No property shall be exchanged nor shall title to any property be transferred except by separate 

agreement. 

XII. FILING 

This agreement will be filed with the Auditor's Office of both counties in the manner provided 

by RCW 39.34.040. 

XIII. EFFECTIVE DA TE 

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This agreement shall take effect when signed by the Sheriff of both Counties and ratified by the 

Boards of County Commissioners of each County. 

Dated this '7t'1 day of tl,p,-u ] , 2015 . 

For the KCSO:

}J_<,,. 

OBIE O'BRIEN, Vice-Chair 

BRIAN BURNETT, Chelan County Shetiff ~(CommISsioner 

Approved as to Fon 

Douglas R. Mitchell WSBA #22877, DPA 

Kittitas County 

#18276, DPA 

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Approved as to Form 

Susan E. Hinkle, WSBA 

Chelan County 

KITTITAS COUNTY BOARD OF 

COMMISSIONERS 

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